Peter Martin has a keen interest in computers, programming, sharing knowledge, and how people use information technology. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics (International Marketing Management) and a master's degree in Mass Communication.
He discovered PHP/MySQL in 2003 and Joomla's predecessor, Mambo CMS, a year later. Peter has his own business www.db8.nl (founded in 2005) and he supports companies and organizations with Joomla implementations, support, and Joomla extension development.
Peter is actively involved in the Joomla community where he is a member of the Community Leadership Team and Global Moderator at the Joomla forum.
Furthermore, Peter has reviewed the following Packt Publishing books:
Joomla! Search Engine Optimization by Ric Shreves
Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide by Eric Tiggeler
Joomla! 1.6 First Look by Eric Tiggeler
Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook by Richard Carter
His other interests are open source software, Linux (Debian, Arch Linux), Raspberry Pi, music (collecting vinyl records), art house movies, and trivia. Peter lives in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Sanjeev Shrestha works for a company based in Nepal as a Director of Technology and Innovation. He started his career as a web developer using PHP, MySQL nearly 10 years ago. Sanjeev holds a Engineering degree in IT from Pokhara University, Nepal. His main interests are web development, Linux administration, Cloud Computing and distributed systems.
He is an avid Joomla! lover and has been working with Joomla! since 2007. He has developed numerous popular Joomla extensions.
He loves open source and leaves no stone unturned to promote open source technologies in the local market. He is a proud founding member of PHP Developers Nepal and MongoDB users Nepal which promotes knowledge sharing among the developers.